Live At The Blueport Lounge

Bill Beau was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, but was raised in the western provinces of the country. During his high school years, at the height of the boogie-woogie boom, Beau listened to the music of Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson, and Albert Ammons. It was while in high school that Bill got his first gig. He played piano and worked with Wilf Harper, a guitarist of local renown. Beau played on weekends and during the week worked as a clothing salesman, stock clerk, refinery worker, service station attendant and freight checker. He travelled all across Canada, and finally landed in Los Angeles, California.  

In 1958 his love of music compelled him to direct all of his energy toward the perfection of his musical talent, so he decided to settle permanently in Los Angeles. Beau first worked there as a vibraphonist, gigging with such stars as Ben Webster, Rex Stewart, Pete Fountain, and Stuff Smith. Once, when his regular organist failed to show up for a date, Beau ended up on the Hammond. Beau then formed his own group, and the trio got a standing date at the Blue Port Lounge. The other two members of the trio are Jo Stafford on guitar, Lorenzo Green on drums, plus the pretty and petite vocalist with the group, Chi Chi. 

Live at the Blueport Lounge by the Bill Beau Trio is mod-soul-jazz at its very best! A stunning treasure rarely to be found - unless it's on Mo-Jazz!  

This deluxe vinyl LP with authentic 1960s tip-on cover is limited to 505 hand-numbered copies. Besides that it is pressed on Bio-Vinyl, meaning replacement of petroleum in S-PVC by recycling used cooking oil or industrial waste gases.